FCC Fines 7 For Kid’s TV Ad Violations

The FCC last Friday nailed seven stations between $25,000 and $70,000 for exceeding the limits on commercial time in children’s shows — 10.5 minutes per hour on weekdays and 12 minutes per hour on weekends — but one, Belo’s KSKN Spokane, Wash., was hit for violating the program-length commercial rule that which prohibits blurring the line between kids programming and the advertising within it.